SANCHEZ v. KING

Civ. Nos. 82-67-M, 82-84-C, 82-180-C, 82-219-JB and 82-246-JB.

550 F.Supp. 13 (1982)

Frank I. SANCHEZ, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Bruce KING, Governor of New Mexico, et al., Defendants. Raymond VARGAS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Shirley HOOPER, Individually and as Secretary of State of the State of New Mexico, et al., Defendants. D. H. "Chili" YAZZIE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Shirley HOOPER, Secretary of State of New Mexico, et al., Defendants. Ronald G. OLGUIN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Shirley HOOPER, Individually and as Secretary of State, et al., Defendants. Patricia M. MARSH, Plaintiff, v. Bruce KING, Individually and as Governor of the State of New Mexico, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Mexico.

Judgment Affirmed October 4, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles C. Spann, Spann, Latimer & Hollowwa, Albuquerque, N.M., Paul J. Kelly, Jr., Hinkle, Cox, Eaton, Coffield & Hensley, Roswell, N.M., for defendants.

Rolando L. Rios, T.A., Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, San Antonio, Tex., Stanley A. Halpin, Jr., Richard N. Feferman, New Mexico Legal Services Support Project, Albuquerque, N.M., Antonio V. Silva, Manuel J. Lopez, Southern New Mexico Legal Services, Inc., Las Cruces, N.M., Bruce Boynton, Indian Pueblo Legal Services, Inc., Laguna, N.M., Michael M. Carrasco, Carlsbad, N.M., Ellen Leitzer, Nat. Indian Youth Council, Inc., Joseph Little, All Indian Pueblo Council, Albuquerque, N.M., for Sanchez, Polano, Martinez, Hermosillo, Manus, Yazzie and Garcia.

Raymond W. Schowers, Sutin, Thayer & Browne, Albuquerque, N.M., for plaintiff in intervention.

William Lutz, U.S. Atty., Bob Baca, Asst. U.S. Atty., Albuquerque, N.M., James M. Schermerhorn, Sheila K. Delaney, Joseph S. Biderman, Civil Rights Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-in-intervention, U.S.A.

Michael P. Gross, Ronald J. VanAmberg, Santa Fe, N.M., for plaintiff-in-intervention, Bill Richardson.

Sarah M. Bradley, Bradley & McCulloch, Albuquerque, N.M., for Republican plaintiff intervenors.

Carol S. Leach, Philip R. Higdon, Bingaman & Higdon, P.A., Santa Fe, N.M., for Democratic plaintiff intervenors.

Joseph Goldberg and Luis Stelzner, and John W. Boyd, Freedman, Boyd & Daniels, Albuquerque, N.M., for Vargas, Vadez and American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico.

Bruce P. Moore, Santa Fe, N.M., for Olguin and Olguin.

Pope, Apodaca & Conroy, John W. Pope, Belen, N.M., for Marsh.

Henry S. Howe, San Juan County Legal Services, Inc., Farmington, N.M., for Yazzie, Ondelacy and Pinnicoose.

Before SETH, Chief Circuit Judge, and MECHEM and BURCIAGA, District Judges.


Judgment Affirmed October 4, 1982. See 103 S.Ct. 32.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

The record demonstrates that the application of the formula for ascertaining precinct population mandated by the 1982 House Reapportionment Act and the 1982 Senate Reapportionment Act passed by the New Mexico Legislature in special session causes substantial variations between the numbers thereby derived and United States Census figures. This comes about by reason of the inclusion...

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